Eduard Alexander Rubin (17 July 1846 – 6 July 1920) was a

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mechanical engineer who is most notable for having invented the

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in 1882. His most famous cartridge was the 7.5×55mm Swiss which was the standard ammunition for the Schmidt–Rubin, K31 and Stgw 57 military rifles. Besides the full metal jacket bullet, Rubin developed the military Schmidt-Rubin rifle (together with Rudolf Schmidt), the Rubin-Fornerod ignition mechanism and the use of

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and

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to replace gunpowder in

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shells. His fully copper clad bullets were also the inspiration for the full metal jacket bullets introduced in 1886 for the

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. He served as director of the Swiss Federal Ammunition Factory and Research Center in

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. He held the rank of

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in the Swiss military and was married to Rosina Susanna Leuzinger, daughter of Swiss cartographer Rudolf Leuzinger. GP11.jpg, 7.5×55mm Swiss 7.5x55 Cutaway cartridge.jpeg, 7.5x55 Cutaway cartridge Schmidt-Rubin-2.jpg, Schmidt-Rubin Model 1911 Granatzünder 84 120 cm Kan.jpg, Rubin-Fornerod ignition mechanism

References

* *H. Ziegler, "Oberst Ed. Rubin : Direktor der eidg. Munitionsfabrik Thun" (obituary), ''Allgemeine schweizerische Militärzeitung'' 66.17 (1920), 281–283.

External links

"Manufacture Dates of Swiss Schmidt–Rubin Rifles" (radix.net)The History The 7.5 Swiss Cartridge (swissrifles.com)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rubin, Eduard 1846 births 1920 deaths Firearm designers 19th-century Swiss inventors